This dictionary brings together as many facts as possible about blue and white printed pottery at the height of its popularity and production. The authors have produced a comprehensive guide, covering every possible aspect of the subject, with Appendices which include makers' initial marks and a list of source books used by makers. The discovery that prints could be transferred to porcelain and pottery helped transform the ceramics industry. Inevitably, the market demand at the end of the nineteenth century for brightly coloured wares put an end to this extraordinary potting endeavour but the interest of collectors has never declined. This book was awarded the Library Association's 1982 McColvin Medal for an outstanding reference book. It is the first of a two volume set, having been supplemented in 1989 by a separate and entirely new companion volume containing additional entries and further information. This is a first-class reference book - Antique Collectors
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More than a reference book: An interesting read as well,
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This review is from: The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery (Hardcover)
The most comprehensive references on transferware pottery are basically boring lists: You use them to reference a specific item, and not much else.
This book is so much more. It's a top reference work, but is also the sort of book you can put on the coffee table - or curl up with in bed for an absorbing couple of hours reading. Highly recommended.
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Comprehensive, but disappointing,
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This review is from: Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, Vol. II (Hardcover)
Very informative, but the vast majority of the photos are black and white! Not ideal. I would not have purchased the book had this been made known.
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Really Nice Reference Book for Transferware,
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This review is from: Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, Vol. I (Hardcover)
Books on transferware (blue and white) pottery are very hard to find. And it's even harder to find a good one, that has enough information to be useful.
This is a VERY nice reference book for transferware pottery. While not every pattern is pictured (an impossible feat considering how many different patterns there are), there are dozens and dozens of example pictures through out. Beautiful patterns - some of which I had never seen before. They also show numerous examples of the original painting or sketch or engraving next to the transferware pattern, which I found very interesting. Many makers/manufacturers marks and date stamps are covered also. This book doesn't even attempt to assign monetary prices to the patterns, but as a reference book you can't beat it. Well worth the money!
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